| Focus of collaboration | Discovery-based research, industry focussed research, IP generation, developing models, prototypes, and concepts | Short-term, deliverable-based engineering activity (design/implementation/testing) | Training, either UTEV personel embedded in the company, or company staff embedded at UTEV as research associates |
| NDA | | | |
| Sponsored Research Agreement including IP Agreement | | | |
| Service Contract | | | |
| Visiting Researcher/Internship Contract | | | |
| Access to UTEV Facilities | | | Case-by-case |
| Access to UTEV Seminars | | | |
| Typical Duration | 1-4 years | < 1 year | < 6 months |
| IP Generation | | | |
| Publication of research outcomes | Mandated by University Policy (subject to restrictions/patent protections in SRA) | Occasionally | Occasionally |
| Benefit to Company/Partner | Creation of new IP, and investigation of state-of-the-art and novel concepts | Leveraging UTEV expertise and infrastruture for short-term engineering projects | Training/education, launching new partnerships and collaborations |
